Gearing.



G. B. KEIL. BEARING. APPLICATION FILED ALIG.I9. IsIs.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

4 SHEETS-SHEET l G. B. KEIL. GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I9, I9I6. Lw, Patented oet. 30,1917.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

G. B. KEN..

GEARING. APPLICATION man Aufma. 1916.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

4 SHEETS-SHEETS.

G. B. KEIL. GEARING. APPLICATION FILED AUG. IIS. 1916. L245J09. Patentedoct. 30,1917.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4- 1; TATS? y fili GUsTAv E. KEIL, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,ASSICNCE To FEDERAL SIGN SYSTEM (ELECTRIC), or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, n oonlona'rlon or NEW YORK.

GEARING'.

animee.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

Application filed August 19, 1916. Serial o. 115,799.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv B. Kani, a,

ence beingliad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in gearing and consists of thematters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The improved gearing is of especial advantagefor use with a Washingmachine of the Cylinder or drum type and is shown herein as applied tosuch a machine. It is'also adapted for driving a Wringer mounted on saidWashing machine.

The many advantages of my invention 1vill appear as l proceed With myspecification.

1n the drawings:

Figure l is a view representing a front end elevation of a washingmachine to which a' gearing embodying my invention is applied.

Fig. 2 is a vievv representing a longitudinal vertical sectional viewthrough the same, the plane of the section being indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view representing a transverse vertical section through Fig.2 in a plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view representing a detail side elevation of a part of mygearing as viewed in a plane indicated by the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view representing a. longitudinal detail section through arack bar used in my gearing. p

Fig. 6 is a view representing a vdetail vertical section, the plane ofwhich is indicated by the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a View representing a transverse horizontal section throughone end of the Washing machine the plane of the Section being indicatedby the line 7 7 0f Fig. 1.

Fig. S is a view in perspective of a bracket member or plate Whichcarries and forms part of the gearing, as it appears When assembled andready for attachment to a Washing machine.

Fig. 9 is a detail view in transverse section, the plane of the sectionbeing indicated by theline 9 9 of Fig. l.

Referring now in detail to that embodiment of my invention asillustrated in the drawings, 10 indicates a main support for the gearingwhich, as illustrated in this particular instance, is the tub of awashing machine of the drum or cylinder type. The tub is mounted at itscorners upon upright front and rear pairs of legs ll, l1a and 12, 12arespectively. Said legs are preferably made of angle bars, placed sothat the angles of the 'bars define the corners of the support. Thefront pair of legs l1, 11a are braced or connected at their top ends bya transversely extending angle iron 13 (see Fig. 2) the horizontal iangeof which is spaced from the top ends ofsaid legs, While its verticalflange is arranged in the plane of the front faces of the saidlegs. Thelegs of each front and rear pair are connected together near theirbottom ends by transversely extending brace bars 1% 1ta respectively andeach leg of the front pair of legs is connected to the like leg of therear pair of legs by means of longitudinally extending bars 15, l5, allof which act to connect the legs securely together. Casters arepreferably attached to the legs so thatithe support may be easily moved.Y

The tub 10 is made of sheet metal and comprises a transversely roundedbottom Wall 10a, which terminates in upright side Walls 10b, 10b, andupright front and rear end Walls 10c, 10d respectively. A cover or lidl0e is hinged to the top edge of the upright rear Wall 10d.

The front 'wa-1110c of the tub is spaced back of the vertical plane ofthe front legs 11, l1, A horizontal plate 10t forms a fixed l in closedposition. f

i8, i8 indicate longitudinally extending shields or bracing Wallsarranged adjacent the upright side Walls 10b ot the tulo and xed attheirends to the iront and rearA legs respectively. Said shields not onlyactto strengthen the part of the tulo with which they engage hut haveotheriunctions which ywill appear as proceed with any specication. l

lil/yithin the tui) l() is mounted a cylinder or drinn 2O which isadapted :tor an oscillatory or rocking movement in the tnh in a arniliar manner. Said cylinder/'is oil the usual structure `for Washingmachines of this type and comprises upright iront and rear end Walls 2lpertorated transversely round-v ed bottom and side walls 24 and ahorizontal top Wall 25. ln said top Wall is provided the usual openingthrough which the cloth'- ing is introduced or reinoyed troruthe oylinder, said opening heing normally closed hy av removably attached slatteddoor 26.

Fixed to the rear end wall 22 of the clothes cylinder, in va planeahov'e its center orp gravity, is a trunnion 2l'. This trunnion isnormally journaled in a hearing yoke 28 xed tothe end Wall 'lOl ofthetulo. l'Said yoke has an upwardly opening hearing slot or groove throughwhich thetrunnion is introduced to its associated hearing surfacetherein. A v

The -lfront end Wall 2l ofthe cylinder 20 has xedto it a hei-wing platewhich is capable oi detachable operative engagement n 'ith a horizontal,power-driven, rotary oscillating stud or shalt 3l, which projectsthrough "the iront Wall l0 oi the tub, l0

in axialralinernent with the trunnion 27.

lt is apparent from the foregoing description that when the sha-itt 3lis at rest, the cylinder Q0 may he removed troni the tub by simplylifting it from its hearing upon the shaft 3l and the hearing' yoke 28,the cover l0@ of the receptacle l0, of course, heing rst opened topermit such removal.

The tub l0 is provided on 'its rounded bottoni Wall l0@ adjacent therear end Wall 10d With a drain coclr 32 and a sight glass 33 throughwhich the operatorvniay see the level or' the Water in the-tub. (SeeFigs. 2-3). The upright iront Wall ltlc and horizontal extension Walllfl ofthe tuloa to# gethcr with the shield'walls ldZ-l and apron l?constitute a gear casing or co npartnient 3l (see Fig. 2) Within theplane ot the front legs ll, il?. ,ln sain casing is located the powerdriren gearing which irnparts the required oscillatory increment te thecylinder 2G andrvhich also operates a second niechandsin, in this case atyringer.

indicates a hraclret plate {see upon, which is mounted and carried theSaid gearing or potrertranmitting mechanism.

Said lplate is located Within and toward the Y bottoni of thecompartment or gear casing 3l and is rigidlyued tol theront legs ll,lia. ltcoraprises a cody 3o which is placed adjacent to the uprightiront Wall lOC of the triband a plurality of horizontal, verticallyspaced arins 3'?, 38 and 39, 4:0. rlhe arms '373 38g at the right handend ot the-hodyfterr' rainate in forwardly extending oars 37a, 3,83,whichl are attached to the upright iront leg lla. The arms 39;. l0, atthe lett hand end of the hody project forwardly and are attached to theother iront leg il. -Intermediate its ends at its top, the said bracketplate has an oyerhanging, forwardly extending arm lll, which terminatesin a depending Harige L22 so `arrar'iged as to provide hearing for theouter end oi the driving stud or shaft 3l he' iiore mentioned. y yilheinner end of said shaft has hearing an apertured boss formed on the body36 of said bracket plate.

i3 indicates ahorizontally disposed shaft which is the power shatto the`operating gearing. Said shaft is adapted for continuons rotary motionin one direction and is journaled at its innerend in the loody 36 of thehraolret 35 and Vat its outer end in a suit able argerture formed in thebottom end of the depending flange i2 of the arm al. A, drift-en pulleyel oit quite large diameter is' Xed to ,that endl of said shaft whichprojects beyond the iront face ofthe tlange Fixed to the inner end oitthe shaft d3 ad-l jacent to the body BS of said bracket 35 is a` spurpinion' which meshes with a spur gear lo orn larger diameter, rotativelymounted on a stub shaft 47 xed in said oraclret in a plane to one sideof (to the left) and below the shaft d3. Madeintegral with Said gear i6and projecting forwardly therefrom is a spur gear 48 of smaller diameterwhich meshes with a larger spur gear i9 loosely mounted on a stub shaft50 xed to the bracket 35 in a plane to one side of (the lett) and abetethe shaft a7. This large,Y

gear 49 has a crank. pin 51 towhich is operatively connected a rack harindicated as a Whole hy the reference numeral 52:

The rack har 52 is adapted to impart a rotary oscillating movement to asegmental gear 55 loosely mounted on the 3l in a plane adjacent to thedepending @ange d2. A roller 53 rloosely mounted ou the shaft i3 sunorts the tree end oi said raclr har in such position that it willalways he in operatiye engagement with the segmental gear. The inner orrear jlace of the hub of said segmental gear has clutch teeth 55a whichare adapted to he engaged ley like teeth iorrned los on a'clntchcollar't'pt (see Fig. 2) ieathered v to the shaft 3i., so as to hemora-ble endwise thereon.

Le clutch collar 55 may he shifted ou the shaft 3l into and out ofengagement with the clutch teeth 55a formed on the hub of the segmentalge'ar 55, by means of an arm 60 fixed to the inner end of a transverselyextending rock shaft 61; said shaft has bearing at one end in a lug 61aon the bracket body 36 and atI its other end in the arm 39 of saidbracket. The arm 60 has a lug at its bottom end which engages within thegroove of said clutch collarand at its top, said arm is connected to aspring 62 which is fixed to a horizontal rib at the top edge of saidbracket 35. The spring 62 holds the arm 60 at either limits of itsmovement, that is t0 say, when the clutch collar is either operativelyengaged with or disengaged from the vassociated clutch teeth on the hubofthe segmental gear 55. The outer end of said rock shaft 61 projectsthrough a suitable aperture in the shield wall 18 adjacent the uprightleg 11 and is provided without said wall with an operating lever 63.

Itis apparent from the foregoing description that the continuous rotarymovement of the shaft 43 is imparted to the gear 49 at a slower speed bymeans of the intermediate speed reducing gears 45-46-48 beforementioned, and that the rotary motio-n of said gear 49 is transposedinto a r0- tary, oscillatory movement of thesegmental gear 55, whichmovement is transmitted to the cylinder 20 when the controlling lever 63is in the required position.

To reduce the shock and wear between the segmental gear 55 and the rackbar 52 at the4 ends of the stroke, the rack bar is (see Fig. 5) providedwith a longitudinal upwardlyy opening groove 522L in which is located asecond bar 52b provided with the rack teeth. The second bar is somewhatshorter than the groove 52:l and springs 52c are placed at its ends toabsorb and reduce the shock or Jar when the movement of the rack bar asawhole is reversed.

The pulley 44 on the shaft 43 is vconnected by a belt 57 to a smallerpulley 58 on the shaft of a motor 59, which is carried by the bracket 35as follows :--64, 65, indicate` larms fixed to the bracket 35 anddepending below the rounded bottom wall 10El of the tub 10, where theyare'provided with horizontal extensions 64a, 65a. The extension 65a isattached to the front leg 111?.I Parallel, horizontal rods 66, 66connect the arms 64a, 65a (see Fig. 9) and angle bars 67, 67, slidablymounted upon said rods provide a carria e from which depends themotori-.59. A thum screw y68 carriedbyfthearm65a and threaded throughthe adjacent angle bar 67 provides means for adjusting vthe position ofthe motor-'carriage in either direction to secure the proper tension ofthe driving belt 57. v

The motor is thus located in a plane below the tub and within the tublegs, Where it is out of the way and protected from the Water that maybe splashed from -the tub. In addition the motor is insulated from thesupport and so placed, it balances the weight of the driving gearing onthe bracket 35.

To further protect the motor, I provide a plate 69, which has anupright, rear flange 69a fixed to the hanger arm 64 of the bracket plate35 and a depending front flange 69b attached at its bottom to thetransverse brace 14 that connects the front tub legs 11-11a. Said frontflange is spaced back of the front plane of the legs 11, 11a to leavespace for the belt and pulleys 57, 58, and 44.

The connection between the gearing and the wringer is as follows 70indicates the wringer which is placed at the front of thc tub with itsupright frame members 71-71 attached to'the angle iron 13, that connectsthe top ends of the front legs 11, 11a. 72, 73 indicate the upper andlower rolls of the wringer. The lower wringer roll 73 has its shaft 74extended beyond the wringer frame (to the left as viewed in Fig. 1)where it has bearing in an upright standard 75 liXed to the top end ofthe front leg 11. Secured to the end of said shaft is a sprocket wheel76 (see Fig. 4) which is operatively'driven by means of a sprocket chain77 from a smaller sprocket wheel 78 Xed Vto the end of a shaft 79, whichhas bearing in the arms 39-41 of the bracket 35.

Loosely mounted on the shaft 79 are oppositely facing bevel gears 80,81, which are provided on their opposed faces with clutches 80a, 81a.Said gears mesh with a larger bevel gear 82 fixed to and co-aXial withaspur gear 83 mounted upon a stud 84 (see Fig. 6) which projectsforwardly from the bracket 35. The spur gear 83 is driven by the gear49. A clutch collar`86 is keyed to the shaft 79 intermediate the gears8081 and` is adapted to engage either of the clutches 80a, 81aL of thegears 80, 81, so that the shaft 79 may be driven in either direction orthe lsaid clutch collar may be held in an intermediate or neutralposition so that, even though the bevel gear 82 be rotating, the shaft79 will remain inoperative. A bell crank lever 87 mounted on a stud 88on the bracket 35 vertically above the stud 84 has'its depending arm89'operatively engaging the clutch 86. A laterally extending arm 90 ofsaid bell crank lever proJects through an aperture 91 in theshield wall18 in a. 4position above the sprocketv 78. A link '92 connects'the armv90 with an arm 93 of a lever9`4 mounted on a lug 95 made integral withthe standard 7 5. :The top. end of said.A

lever 94 is provided with a handle 96 having a detent which coactsv in afamiliar way with notches 97, 98, 9 9 see Fig. 4 formed ina flange atthe top of the standard 5. The

said notches correspond with the two-engagtingand vtheneutralpositionsuof the' clutch Aas collar. 82 relative to the gears23d-8l. .el cover plate 100 fixed to the standard *Z5 and adjacent frontleg ll, incloses the sprocket Wheels 76, 7S, the associated chainV il?,the

vniajor portion or the lever 9a and the linlr 92. lt is apparent fromthe foregoing description that the lever 9d rnay be shifted into andlocked in position so that the shaft 7d of the Wringer may be driven ineither direction from the gear 82, or said lever may be locked in theintermediate position when the shaft Z4 will remain idle though the gear82 be rotating. Y.

The .operation of a TWashing niachine einloodying my invention is asfollows:

The clutch 56 controlling the operation of the cylinder 20 is normallydisengaged Jfrom the segmental gear 55 and the said cylinder is at rest.Likewise the clutch S6 is in a neutral or intermediate position, sothat-the Wringer rolls are idle. 'lhe shalt 43, how.- ever, after themotor 59 is started, is driven continuously in one direction hy saidniotor, as before described. 'lo start the Washing machine., theoperator grasps the lever 63 and moves the saine to bring the clutch Ginto engagement with the segmental gear 55, whereupon an oscillatingmovement is iniparted to the cylinder 20. lWhen the washing operationhas been continued as long as desired, the lever 63 is again operated toremove the clutch 56 from its engagement With the segmental gear 55.Upon such disengagement the opposite face ot the clutch 56 thereof Willengage against the ad- `iacent face oie the hoss providing bearing forthe inner end of the shaft 3l, and act as a bra-ke to slow down and{ina-ily stop the oscillation of the cylinder 20. @n account of therelative axial location of the shaft 3l and of 'the trunnion 27, whichas before described are located above the center of the gravity ot saidcylinder, said cylinder will corne to a position of rest With its topWall 25 in a horizontal position.

The controlling lever 94 may novv he disengaged from its neutral lockedposition and be Vmoved forwardly until the detent handle 96 engagesWithin the notch 98 and a continuous rotary movement will then beimparted to the Wringer rolls in: a ,forward direction. Y f i 'lheclothing is now removed from .the cyllnder and fed through the tvringerin the ordinary fashion. ln case one oi-the articles of clothing beingpassed through the vvringer should Wrap", around the Wringer rolls, assometimes happens,tlie operator grasps the liever ,94, and moves thesaine to engagement vvithlthernotch 97 Where the vvringer rolls 72,''tvill .rotate in a reverse direction, so that the` entanglingclothingmay he disengaged. l y .he ivringingoperation may he` continued untilall of the clothing in the cylinder 29 has heen operated upon -loy `saidwringer,

when its controlling lever is again inove to neutral position. novv heintroduced into the cylinder 20, its door 26 again replaced, the lidl()e closed,

, when the operator may again move the lever that the clothes receivingcylinder 20 is lal-v Ways brought to a position of rest vvith its tophorizontal Wall in an uppermost position,

owing to the location of its supporting and driving connections withreference to its center oi gravity, Another advantagey is that with thestructure shown, the bracket castings and all oi' the driving gearingcarried thereby together with the inotor may he assembled before it isintroduced and attached in place "Within they gear case orcompartmentprovided` therefor. A further advantage exists in the tactthat the entire assembled gearing is located in a plane within the,upright vertical plane of the front legs ll, lla, therehy inclosingv allparts so that less damage is liable to occur vvhen in shipment. Anotheradvantage is apparent vfrom this construction. 'lhe most usual Way toshiftthe support as a Whole shout, when through with the saine, or whenstarting in with a Washing, is to push it forwardly, with the hands ofthe operator grasping the rear top edge ot 'the support. lleretofore,gearing for similar purposes have generally been located outside of andhorizontally beyond the base yprovided by the legs of the support ortub, and in so moving the support from place to place, upon engagementof the casters on the front legs, with some obstruction, a short push atthe rear of the machine always has caused tipping over. With theconstruction as shovvn and described in the present invention, theentire weight ofithe gearing is within the hase of the support,therefore 'this danger ol tipping over is obvia-ted.

While in describing my invention l have referred to certaindetails ofmechanical construction and arrangement of parts, l do not Wish tolinn't myself thereto, except as inay be pointed Vout inthe appendedclaims.

l clairn as my invention: Y

l. ln combination, a support having upright end. Walls, legs for saidsupport, one

of said. end Walls lbeing spaced inwardly from the legs of that endofthe support, a bracket plate mounted Within the space between the saidlast named legs and the associated endv wall of said support, an oper-@ther clothing may ating device said support, anopery ating and gearingcarrieda hy said bracket plate, said :operating device heing isoLaie-,10e

capable of detachable connection with=said operating shaft, and a motorcarried by said bracket plate for driving said gearing.

2. In combination, a support having upright end walls, legs for saidsupport, one of said end walls being spaced inwardly from the legs ofthat end of the support, a bracket plate mounted within the spacebetween the said last named legs and the associated end wall of saidsupport, an operating device Within said support, an operating shaft andgearing carried by said bracket plate 'adapted for operative connectionwith said operating device, arms depending from said bracket plate intoav plane below7 said gearing, a motor carried by said arms, and ineansconnecting said motor and said gearing.

l 3. In combination, a support having upright end walls, legs for saidsupport, one of said end walls being spaced inwardly from the legs ofthat end of the support, a bracket plate mounted within the spacebetween the said last named legs and the associated end wall of saidsupport, an operating device within said support, an operating shaft andgearing carried by said bracket plate adapted for operative connectionwith said operating device, arms depending from said bracket plate intoa plane below said support, a carriage inovably supported by said arms,and a motor for driving said gearing mounted on said carriage.

l. In combination, a support having upright end walls, legs for saidsupport, one of said end walls being spaced inwardly from the legs ofthat end of the support, a bracket plate mounted within the spacebetween the said last named legs and the associated end wall of saidsupport, an operating device within said support, an operating shaft andgearing carried by saidbracket plate` capable of detachable operativeconnection to said operating device, arms depending from said bracketplate and a motor for driving said gearing carried by said arms, saidgearing' and motor being located in planes on opposite sides of saidoperating shaft.

5. In combination, a support having upright end walls, legs for saidsupport, one of said end walls being spaced inwardly from the legs ofthat end of the support, a bracket plate within the space between thesaid last named legs and the proximate end wall of said support, saidbracket plate being fixed to said legs, an operating device within saidsupport, an operating shaft and gearing carried by said bracket plate,said operating device being adapted for operative engagement with saidoperating shaft, a motor carried by said bracket plate for driving saidgearing, and shields or plates carriedV by said support forming with thesaid proXimate end walla casing for said gearing, one of said shieldsbeing a door adapted to completely inclose said gearing, and beinghinged at its top end.

6. In combination, a support having upright end walls, legs for saidsupport, one of said end walls beingl spaced inwardly from the legs ofthat end of the support, a bracket plate having a plurality of armslocated within the space between the said last named legs and theassociated end wall of said support, an operating device within saidsupport, an operating shaft and gearing carried by said bracket plate,said operating device being adapted for operative engagement with saidoperating shaft, and-a motor for driving said gearing, several of saidbracket arms being rigidly fixed to said last named legs, the rest ofsaid arms carrying said motor.

7'. In combination, a support having upright end walls, legs for saidsupport, one

-of said end walls being spaced inwardly from the legs of that end ofthe support, a brackety plate having a plurality of arms located withinthe space between the said last named legs and the associated end wallof said support, an operating device within the said support, anoperating shaft and gearing including a. driven pulley carried by saidbracket plate, said operating device being adapted foroperativeengagement with said operating shaft, a motor having a driving pulley, abelt operatively connecting said motor and gearing pulleys,

several of said bracket arms being adapted for attachment to said lastmentioned legs, the rest of said arms depending below the plane of saidgearing and supporting said motor, and means on said last mentioned armsfor adjusting the position of the motor to provide the proper tension insaid driving belt. l

8. In combination, a main support having upright end walls, legs forsaid support, one of said end walls being spaced inwardly from the legsat that end of the support to provide a gear casing,a gearing andsupplemental support adapted for attachment to the said main supportwithin said gear casing, said gearing including an oscillating shaft, anoperating device within said support adapted for removable attachment tosaid oscillating shaft, a motor carried by said supplemental support anddriving said gearing, a second operating device carried by said supportand driven from said gearing. carried by said supplemental support andmeans without said main support for controlling the operative' movementof said gearing relative to said operating devices.

9. In combination with a'main support containing an operating device,coacting means on said support and on` said operating device providingabearing support for one end of said operating device, a gearing and asupplemental support therefor, adaptlll A ed to be attached to said mainsupport, said .capable of oscillating, rotary movement,

means carried by the other end of said operating device adapted forremovable snpporting engagement upon said gearing shalt, said meansoperatively connecting said operating device with said shaft, and amotor carried by said supplemental support for driving said gearing.

l0. ln a mechanism of the kind described, in combination, a main supporthaving npright Walls, an operating device Within said support adaptedtor an oscillatory movement, a supplemental support adapted forattachment to said main support, an oscillatory shaft and gearing forimparting movement to said shaft carried by said supplemental support,said oscillatory shaft projecting through one of the upright Walls ofsaid main support, means for operatively connecting and disconnectingsaid oscillatory shaft from said gearing, and means on said operatingdevice above the center oit gravity thereof for removable attachment tosaid oscillfrtoryY shalt, said parts being so constructed that theoperating device Within the main support will stop in a predeterminedposition when said oscillating shalt is disconnected trom the drivingindnence oir said gearing. i

ll. d gearing device ot the hind described, comprising a support, anoscillatory operating device in said support, an operating shaft adaptedto be operatively engaged by said operating device, a segmental gearhaving a clutch face looselymounted on said operating shaft, a clutchcollar feathered on said operating shaft and adapted to engage-theclutch tace of said segmental gear,

a reciprocating rack bar engaged with said segmental gear, a drivenshaft parallel to said operating shaft, a roller loosely mounted on saiddriven shaft and supporting said rack har, and a large gear spacedlaterally from said driven shalt and operatively connected thereto, saidlarge gear having a crank pin operatively conm-actedD to said rack bar.

l2. .d gearing device of the hind described, comprising a support, anoscillatory operating device in said support, an operating shaft adaptedto be operatively engaged by said operating device, a segmental gearhaving a clutch tace loosely mounted onsa'id operating shalt, a clutchcolla-r feathered on said operating shaft and adapted to engage saidsegmental gear, a reciprocating racr bar engaged with said segmentalgear, a driven shaft parallelito said operating' shalt, a roller looselymounted on said driven shaft and supporting said rech bar, said rack barcomprising a chanc nel member closed at its ends, a tooth barlongitudinally movable in said channel member and shock absorbingdevices interposed loetvveen the ends of said tooth bar and the closedends of said channel member, a large gear spaced laterally from saiddriven shatt and operatively connected thereto, said large gear havingmeans connecting said rack bar to said large gear.

l. e. gearing device of the kind described, comprising a support, anoscillatory operating device in said support, an operating shai'tadapted to be operatively engaged by said operating device, a segmentalgear having a clutch tace loosely mounted on said operating shaft, aclutch collar feathered on said operating shaft, said clutch collarhaving on one end clutch teeth adapted for `operative engagement vvithysaid segmental gear and on its other end a friction tace adapted toroperative engagement vvith a naad part ot said support, a reciprocatingraclr bar engaged with said segmental gear, a driven shait parallel tosaid operating shaft, a large gear spaced laterally from said drivenshalt and operatively connected thereto, a cranlr pin on said large gearoper- 90 actively connected to said raclr bar and anti- 'friction meansfor supporting the free end oi said raclr bar to hold it in operativeengagement with said segmental gear.

la. A gearing device ot the kind de- 95 scribed, comprising a support,an oscillatory operating device in said support, an operating shaftadapted to be operatively engaged by said operating device, a segmentalgear having` a`clutch face loosely mounted von 100 said operating shatt,a clutch collar feathered on said operating shaft, said clutch collarhaving on one end clutch teeth adapted for operative engagement Withsaid segmental gear and ^on its other end a 'friction face loe adaptedtor operative engagement with a lined part 'of said support, means fornormally holding said clutch collar in either oit its operativepositions, a' reciprocating rack bar engaged with said segmental gear, allo driven shaft parallel to said operating. shalt, a large 'gear spacedlaterally from said driven shaft and operatively connected thereto, acrank Vpin on said largegear operativel coected to said rack bar and anantitriction means for supporting the tree end osaid rack bar to'hold itin operative engagement with said segmental gear.

ln testimony thatl claim the foregoing as my invention l axmy signaturein the presence oi tvvo Witnesses this 21st day of March, A. D. lille. Y

v GUSTI-lV B. Witnesses: l

T. An nis, Wn inra, N. Dorn

